Do you think Desmond saw that oar coming?‏

I don't really think there's that much to discuss this week. (In terms of my
crazy theories, at least.) So this will be a quick email. (Relatively
speaking, of course.)

Another good, entertaining episode and nice set-up for the finale. I'll
break my thoughts down into bullet points:

- I honestly had no idea if Charlie was going to die this week. I think that
made for a very taut, edge-of-your-seat episode. I also think the abnormal
use of flashbacks this week helped to form a better episode - it was very
linear throughout. (In the "present" at least - Charlie's flashbacks were
decidedly non-linear.)

- I still like Jack. I'm glad that he finally learned to grow a set of
balls.

- It was nice to see Rose and Bernard, but I did not miss them. I almost
feel like the show should kill them so we don't constantly wonder where they
are. Since they are not regular cast members, and really aren't that
interesting, maybe it's time to end their story. (Bernard is a Tailie after
all.)

- The girl that Charlie saved in the flashback was Sayid's Nadia. Do you
think she's important at all since she's also been in Locke's flashback?
Just another crazy coincidence which will never be explained? Or is she just
a bad actress who needs work? (I don't remember her being bad in the past,
but her acting in that scene last night was distractingly awful.)

- Was Desmond lying to Charlie about the vision or is he just dying next
week or next season? Could his vision be wrong if he was telling the truth?
I'm a little confused as to what exactly the vision was based on Charlie's
reaction after coming up for air. I thought that Des said that he wasn't
going to drown until he pushed the button.

- Tangential to the previous bullet, was Juliet telling the truth when she
said that the Looking Glass station was abandoned? Did she really think
that? If she was lying, why?

- I feel like someone needs to punch Kate in the nose. (Or Juliet just needs
to use that crazy karate move on her again.)

- The girls in the Looking Glass reminded me of Rousseau (in attire, at
least - especially the one that you couldn't really see).

- The castaways actually worked as an ensemble last night. Haven't seen that
in awhile.

- Is Naomi telling the truth about anything?


Now onto my Lost Finale Death Watch:

Who I think is safe:
- Ben
- Claire (and Aaron)
- Juliet
- Kate
- Locke (I hope by assuming he is alive, I haven't cemented his fate as a
goner.)
- Sawyer
- Sayid
- Sun


Characters who might be in danger, but my gut (almost) tells me they
(probably) won't die next week (I think):
- Jack (but only because it's his flashback next week; otherwise I think
he's safe)
- Mikhail
- Naomi
- Richard
- Rose
- Tom


Who I think will die next week:
1. Rousseau or Alex or Karl
I am hoping that it is Karl, because he is the worst actor of the three. If
I had to bet, my money would be on Karl. But it would be awesome if Rousseau
accidentally killed Alex. That would make her even more crazy.

2. Bernard or Jin
Based on their scenes this week, I feel like one is going to go. I really
like Daniel Dae Kim, so I hope that he survives. If I had to choose between
the two, I would say 51% chance that Bernard dies; 49% chance that Jin dies.

3. Desmond or Hurley or Charlie
I think someone that people really like is going to die and the first
character I think of in that regard is Hurley. Charlie almost seems too
obvious, but although there are many Charlie haters out there, I still think
Dominic Monaghan is a fan-favorite. (Speaking from the perspective of a
Charlie disliker (but not quite hater), he has gotten better in previous
weeks, but I wouldn't really miss him.) I think Desmond is awesome, and it
would be really tragic if he died before Penny could find him. I'm not sure
that he has the fans that Hurley and Charlie do, so his death might not be
as emotionally powerful.

4. Blake Lewis
Oh, sorry, wrong show...

I can't help but think that there will be a death that will piss people off.
I just can't really think of anyone they could kill that would really piss
me off. Yeah, I would especially miss Ben, Juliet, Sayid and Sawyer, but if
they did decide to kill any of them I don't think it would piss me off, so
long as it wasn't poorly executed. I don't want any more smoke monster
deaths right now. I want shocking and cool. I want Rose brandishing a gun,
shooting Sayid between the eyes. Or Hurley pushing Sun off a cliff and
laughing about it.